Professor 'duped' into giving in notice
A former Birmingham University sociology professor claims he was hoodwinked by senior officials into handing in his notice. Frank Webster was chair of sociology when Birmingham announced plans to...
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Need for guide on internet learning
The creation of a national e-learning authority to ensure technologies used by universities, colleges and schools comply with agreed standards is a step closer following an initiative by UfI...
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Title-holder in good shape
The tough regimen endured by Gloucestershire before gaining university status has been like a 'boot camp', but it's a fitter, leaner institution that's emerged. Tony Tysome reports Managers of the UK...
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MPs attack government over its lack of intelligence in spin-off sphere
The government's approach to the commercialisation of public-sector science has been slated by MPs. The Treasury says that commercialising research is key to stimulating greater economic and social...
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Corporate universities set to muscle in on the old school
Corporate universities such as Motorola U and the BT Academy could soon compete with traditional public-sector universities for students wanting a vocational education, two Open University Business...
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Hostility leaves NHSU on shaky ground
"Bitter legacies" could cripple the government's manifesto commitment to the National Health Service University, according to analysis from the Nuffield Trust. From Conception to Birth: A Policy...
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Inquiry as 'shoddy' thesis wins PhD
The University of Wales is to investigate allegations that a PhD was granted at Lampeter University even though examiners viewed its thesis as "a shoddy piece of work" and suspected that sections of...
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Exploding HIV vial was not a risk
Health inspectors were called to Cambridge University after a vial containing an HIV virus protein exploded in a genetic-modification containment facility, the Health and Safety Executive has...
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Findings: When viruses ruled the earth
When the first cellular life forms stirred on the earth, viruses may have already been poised to infect them, writes Steve Farrar. A radical hypothesis that seeks to bring order to the previously...
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Findings: Groomed for quick hug
The deal is straightforward. In return for some careful grooming, a female baboon is allowed to cuddle another's infant until the mother asks for its return, writes Steve Farrar. The exchange rate...
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Institutes win funds for cheap heating
Edinburgh and Warwick universities are set to save thousands of pounds annually after winning government support for an innovative community heating scheme, writes Olga Wojtas. The universities are...
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Scots college heads form support group
Some of the most successful managers in Scotland's colleges are to form a radical new directorate within the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, helping to support colleges with difficulties...
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'Arrogant' dean expelled
A Russian university dean has been expelled from an Open Society Institute-funded summer school on human rights after she and other participants complained about standards of teaching and...
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Case of the destroyed exam papers stumps Greek police
A burglary in which a number of examination scripts were destroyed is mystifying police and university authorities in Athens. Intruders at the Trans-University Centre for the Assessment and...
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Kuala Lumpur
University Kebangsaan Malaysia has become the first local university to announce a 20 per cent cut in arts enrolments. Other universities are expected to make similar moves following an education...